It is being claimed that in view of the increasing cases of Omicron, DA and DR will be banned. The Modi government has rejected this fake claim.
Dearness Allowance Hike 2022 (DA January 2022 Hike News): Central government employees and pensioners are expected to increase Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) in January. At the same time, amidst the increasing number of corona cases due to Omicron variants, a fake order is being circulated on social media regarding DA hike. It has been claimed in the fake order that in view of the increasing cases of Omicron, DA and DR payable to central government employees and pensioners will be stopped. However, now the Modi government has rejected this fake claim.
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government statement
The Finance Ministry has said that no such order has been issued by the government. PIB FactCheck tweeted, “A fake order has been issued in the name of Ministry of Finance. It is being claimed that dearness allowance and dearness relief payable to central government employees and pensioners will be postponed. This is fake news. No such order has been issued by the Finance Ministry.” There is currently no official statement from the government regarding the increase in DA and DR. The dearness allowance is generally increased twice a year in January and July.
Let us inform that in the year 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic and the subsequent lockdown, the central government had banned the increase in DA and DR of its employees and pensioners.
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DA and DR increased by 3 per cent in October
In October 2021, the Union Cabinet had increased the DA and DR of central government employees and pensioners by 3 per cent. With this increase, dearness allowance and dearness relief had increased from 28 per cent to 31 per cent. Similarly, on July 14, 2021, the Center had increased the DA and DR of government employees and pensioners by 11 percent.
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